Written Answers Friday 12 November 2010

Scottish Executive

Education

Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have (a) committed to extending the contracts of cultural coordinators beyond the initial funding and (b) expressed this commitment in local outcome agreements.

Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have given permanent employment status to cultural coordinators as of October 2010.

Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive how many cultural coordinators have permanent employment status as of October 2010.

Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government announced in November in 2007 that central funding for the Cultural Coordinators in Scottish Schools (CCiSS) programme would be phased out from 2008. The programme formally ended in March 2010. Information on how individual local authorities are managing associated activity beyond the initial funding is not held centrally.

Housing

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the data received in response to questions B34 to B39 and C24 to C32 in the survey undertaken on its behalf by George Street Research as part of the interim review of the Home Report.

Alex Neil: The survey results for questions B34 to B39 and C24 to C3, produced by George Street Research, have been published:

  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/09/28094548/0

  The remaining results for the same survey will be published at the same web page by the end of this month, November 2010.

Housing

Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on (a) public housing projects and (b) shared equity schemes in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.

Alex Neil: Table 1 shows Scottish Government expenditure through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority for (a) Housing Association rented projects and (b) Low Cost Home Ownership which includes both the New Supply Shared Equity (NSSE) and Shared Ownership schemes. Separate expenditure information specifically for New Supply Shared Equity schemes is not held centrally by local authority:

  Table1

  

Unitary Authority
2007-2008 Spend (£m)
2008-09 Spend (£m)
2009-2010 Spend (£m)


HA Rent
LCHO
HA Rent
LCHO
HA Rent
LCHO


Aberdeenshire
6.605
1.523
19.735
3.309
12.370
1.157


Angus
6.240
1.060
3.615
0.118
5.944
0.383


Argyll & Bute
15.514
0.683
9.764
1.572
11.595
2.999


City of Aberdeen
3.725
0.407
4.513
0.611
10.587
-0.244 *


City of Dundee
14.745
0.191
7.476
0.481
12.174
0.000


City of Edinburgh
32.206
5.682
32.496
5.404
36.775
8.638


City of Glasgow
65.614
11.194
67.408
8.798
72.040
4.487


Clackmannanshire
2.616
0.000
2.337
0.290
4.553
0.142


Dumfries & Galloway
15.643
0.842
11.526
0.092
15.033
0.106


East Ayrshire
11.014
1.516
7.505
0.175
9.002
0.047


East Dunbartonshire
7.591
0.000
4.600
0.000
7.844
0.024


East Lothian
4.358
0.116
6.404
0.512
6.671
1.550


East Renfrewshire
2.101
0.565
3.146
0.472
6.176
0.005


Falkirk
2.264
1.036
3.809
1.157
7.658
1.480


Fife
24.433
1.403
14.869
0.096
18.836
0.571


Highland
28.880
7.270
24.424
4.026
28.285
8.395


Inverclyde
14.675
1.783
11.086
0.767
23.144
2.886


Midlothian
4.930
1.459
3.958
0.007
5.280
0.252


Moray
14.530
0.009
5.079
0.001
12.105
0.678


North Ayrshire
5.712
1.944
6.758
0.481
7.435
0.164


North Lanarkshire
16.918
1.539
14.091
1.573
16.283
0.546


Orkney
4.139
1.613
4.042
1.558
3.917
2.475


Perth and Kinross
11.013
2.563
11.578
1.053
12.987
1.444


Renfrewshire
19.559
0.068
10.335
1.100
16.966
0.558


Shetland
4.608
1.054
3.444
-0.082 *
4.520
0.153


South Ayrshire
3.139
0.258
6.401
0.397
8.138
0.301


South Lanarkshire
19.077
2.796
13.937
1.329
17.261
1.049


Stirling
8.567
0.250
4.615
0.002
7.428
0.000


The Scottish Borders
7.706
0.899
5.969
0.806
8.611
0.298


West Dunbartonshire
6.570
0.316
5.232
1.665
10.343
0.014


Western Isles
5.298
0.015
3.721
0.113
4.958
0.636


West Lothian
3.480
0.689
7.812
0.467
9.277
1.099


Total
393.470
50.743
341.685
38.350
434.196
42.293



  Note: *These figures are net of repayment of grant by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) to reflect revisions to costs including sales income.

  Table 2 shows total Scottish Government expenditure through the AHIP for the Open Market Shared Equity Pilot scheme (OMSEP) in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.

  Table 2

  

Unitary Authority
Spend
Spend
Spend


2007-08 *
2008-09
2009-10


(£m)
(£m)
(£m)


Aberdeenshire
 
0.230
0.788


Angus
 
-
0.310


Argyll & Bute
 
-
0.157


City of Aberdeen
 
0.851
2.608


City of Dundee
 
-
0.717


City of Edinburgh
20.271
5.818
12.987


Clackmannanshire
 
-
0.174


Dumfries & Galloway
 
-
1.592


East Ayrshire
 
-
0.334


East Dunbartonshire
 
-
0.913


East Lothian
3.483
1.873
2.718


East Renfrewshire
 
-
0.721


Falkirk
 
-
0.650


Fife
 
-
1.879


Glasgow
 
-
4.952


Highland
 
1.323
3.799


Inverclyde
 
-
0.472


Midlothian
2.841
1.326
1.706


Moray
 
0.022
0.160


North Ayrshire
 
-
0.272


North Lanarkshire
 
-
1.344


Orkney
 
-
0.229


Perth & Kinross
 
0.173
0.851


Renfrewshire
 
-
0.441


Scottish Borders
 
-
0.421


Shetland
 
-
-


South Ayrshire
 
-
0.766


South Lanarkshire
 
-
1.009


Stirling
 
0.141
1.153


West Dunbartonshire
 
-
0.649


West Lothian
3.824
4.719
6.590


Western Isles
 
-
0.013


TOTAL **
30.419
16.476
51.373



  Notes:

  *In 2007-08 this was known as the Homestake pilot programme and operated only in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

  **The total spend figures exclude capital charges and receipts.

  Table 3 shows total Scottish Government expenditure through the AHIP in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority and including the Council House Building programme.

  Table 3

  

Unitary Authority
Spend
Spend
Spend


2007-08
2008-09
2009-10


(£m)
(£m)
(£m)


Aberdeenshire
9.202
24.382
14.807


Angus
8.108
4.492
6.391


Argyll & Bute
21.920
15.280
26.262


City of Aberdeen
4.232
5.184
10.626


City of Dundee
17.606
8.467
12.337


City of Edinburgh
38.601
37.900
46.500


Clackmannanshire
2.616
2.627
4.916


Dumfries & Galloway
16.728
11.625
15.489


East Ayrshire
12.679
7.800
9.125


East Dunbartonshire
8.728
6.746
8.224


East Lothian
4.836
6.916
8.222


East Renfrewshire
3.324
3.749
6.586


Falkirk
4.063
4.966
9.139


Fife
25.957
15.050
19.418


Glasgow
83.000
84.000
83.000


Highland
37.802
29.777
38.041


Inverclyde
20.827
18.479
35.007


Midlothian
6.568
3.965
5.533


Moray
14.742
5.508
12.863


North Ayrshire
10.256
7.240
7.681


North Lanarkshire
20.418
16.269
17.661


Orkney
7.007
6.287
7.471


Perth & Kinross
14.989
13.063
15.629


Renfrewshire
22.415
12.776
17.554


Scottish Borders
8.790
6.883
8.958


Shetland
5.728
3.401
4.735


South Ayrshire
3.552
6.800
8.439


South Lanarkshire
23.694
16.400
18.663


Stirling
9.067
4.619
7.429


West Dunbartonshire
8.463
8.335
11.465


West Lothian
4.413
8.279
10.378


Western Isles
7.698
4.380
6.345


GHA
63.297
79.300
77.669


Other Programmes
3.660
3.219
1.429


Open Market Shared Equity Pilot scheme (OMSEP)
29.838
20.321
51.715


Capital Charges 
 
 
6.698


Mortgage to Rent/ Home Owners Support Fund (HOSF)
9.433
15.226
19.600


Council House Building *
 
 
1.025


Total
594.257
529.711
673.030



  Note: *This figure relates to Fife Council only.

  Further information on affordable housing spend can be found in the published annual out-turn report published on the Scottish Government website at:

  http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/investment/ahip/ahip20092010report.